Supports: cabinet structure – Accessible from plural sides – Top and vertical side
Reexamination Certificate
2001-06-15
2004-06-22
Mai, Lanna (Department: 3637)
Supports: cabinet structure
Accessible from plural sides
Top and vertical side
C312S297000, C312S319700, C160S037000, C160S188000, C318S480000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06752476
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a garbage-box, and in particular, to a garbage-box having a garbage inlet in combination with a flexible moving door, such that the door can automatically close the garbage inlet or automatically open the garbage inlet.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 1
shows a conventional large size garbage-box having a hollow container body
10
.
FIG. 1A
illustrates the operation of the door of the conventional garbage-box. The top face of the container body
10
is provided with a garbage inlet
11
, and a door
12
is pivotally mounted to the garbage inlet
11
. The lower section of the container body
10
is provided with a collection container
15
which can be withdrawn from the front lateral side of the container body
10
. In operation, the moving door
12
is pushed away and garbage is thrown into the collection container
15
of the container body
10
via the garbage inlet
11
. This conventional garbage-box has the following drawbacks.
(1) The collection of garbage is not convenient. The operator has to first open the moving door
12
and the hands of the operator will come into contact with the garbage-box
10
. This is inconvenient and not hygienic.
(2) The moving door cannot be closed under normal operating condition. As the moving door
12
needs a space in order to rotate, if the garbage has been stacked up to the garbage inlet
11
, the moving door
12
cannot be opened, or after the moving door is opened, it cannot be closed. Therefore, this conventional garbage structure is inconvenient in operation. In a more serious situation, the bad smell of the garbage will pollute the environment.
(3) The height of the garbage pile cannot be determined. There is not detection device to measure or to detect the height of stacked garbage. Thus, the piled garbage may cause the moving door
12
from closing and opening, and the overflow of garage will affect the environment. Therefore, the clearing of the garbage is different.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a structure of a garbage-box, having a container body and a collection container, a moving door module being provided to the garbage inlet of the container body, characterized in that, a sensor is provided to the top plate of the container body to sense the approaching of a person to open the moving door on the container body, a further sensor is located within the container body higher than the height of the collection container so as to detect the height of the stacked garbage, on the moving door module, a pair of corresponding inverted L-shaped guiding rail seats are provided at the inner wall of the container body, the guiding rail seat is provided with a corresponding guiding slot, and the top and bottom section of the vertical section of the corresponding guiding slot are provided with a micro-touch switch, and one lateral side of the guiding rail is provided with a servo motor which can drive a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is pivotally mounted to the two guiding rail seats, and the two ends of the transmission shaft are respectively mounted with a zigzag gear to drive a flexible moving door, the bottom end of the flexible moving door, corresponding to the micro-touch switch, is provided with a pushing block so as to sense the opening of the flexible moving door, thereby an improved structure of a garbage-box with a large garbage inlet is formed.
Other object and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Lei Leong C.
Mai Lanna
Tran Hanh V.
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